Touristenstädte in Alberta sind „verzweifelt“ auf der Suche nach Arbeitskräften

>Employers say temporary foreign workers are critical to filling gaps, but tighter federal rules and slower approval processes have made it harder to bring them in.

>Efforts are underway to attract more domestic workers into the sector.

>Smith said industry groups are working with post-secondary institutions to introduce students to tourism careers earlier. “What we’re trying to do is build this domestic market for the local tourism industry,” he said.

>As for housing in Banff and Canmore, plans are in place to increase housing capacity, including 90 new units in Banff, but employers say it won’t be enough to meet demand. “We don’t have houses right now and that’s what we need,” said White.

Well, it turns out that turning off the taps to cheap, temporary, exploitative foreign labour programs is resulting in some positive change.

This is what people who care about labour want to see. The changes the Carney LPC are making are bringing about less exploitation of foreign labourers and might actually lead to stronger domestic labour markets. Who knew?

I say plow ahead – limiting the TFW to various quotas subject to change at a whim isn’t good enough. We want more of this type of change, but we want it structural change, not tinkering around the edges.

This article is stupid. It says they can’t hire Canadians because of lack of housing. So where are the TFWs supposed to live? The issue isn’t the new rules, it’s the lack of fucking housing. Fix that, tons of people would be willing to live and work in Banff or Canmore.

I have zero sympathy for businesses. You simply are artificially paying less than their worth. You are asking for $800-$1000 a night at a fairmont yet you can’t pay a proper wage to keep people employed? The Post hotel have waiters who have been there decades and their families live in town etc. Pay them what they’re worth especially when you charge an arm and a leg.

There seems to be issues with not enough housing. Then resorts needs to build employee housing or work with municipalities to built affordable housing. Resource projects do it, you’ll have to do it too.

And you are not desperate, you’re just cheap and entitled. Get off your asses and build a talent pipeline, training programs, work with colleges, etc.

I grew up in Waterton Lakes in Southern Alberta. It used to be up to the employer to offer housing to their employees. It was included in your hiring package. This was for hotels and restaurants etc. not the park itself, which also had housing. So what happened to all the buildings that used to house employees and why were those dorms not maintained? It’s strange to me that such an isolated place would then put the responsibility of securing housing on their low paid employees relocating for seasonal work.